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Antonio and Juan are in a 4-mile bike race. The graph below shows the distance of eachracer (in miles) as a function of time (in minutes).

Antonio and Juan are in a 4-mile bike race. The graph below shows the distance of-example-1
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To find:

a. Who wins the race and how it is known.

b. Write a little story describing the race.

Solution:

a)

From the graph, it is clear that the distance of 4 miles is covered in 13 minutes by Juan and in 15 minutes by Antonio. Since, it is a 4-mile race. So, Juan completed it first, he is the winner.

Thus, Juan is the winner because the graph of Juan completed first.

b)

The story of the race is as follows:

Juan and Antonio started together for this race and Antonio is getting a good start. Antonio is very much ahead of Juan. Antonio completed first two miles in 5 minutes. But what is this!, Antonio is taking some rest. He is not running. I think he is tired. Juan is very close to Antonio. Juan is crossing Antonio after 7 minutes. Now, the race is something opposite to the scenario in the starting. Juan is running very fast now. Juan is completing his race in 13 seconds and Antonio is completing his race is 15 minutes. And the winner is Juan.

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